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Plesiocrinus

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Eutelecrinidae

Taxonomy
Plesiocrinus was named by Wanner (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: P Guad-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hapalocrinidae by Ubaghs et al. (1978); to Monobathrida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Eutelecrinidae by Webster and Webster (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Plesiocrinus Wanner
1978Plesiocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T515
2002Plesiocrinus Sepkoski
2012Plesiocrinus Webster and Webster p. 1820

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderMonobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
suborderGlyptocrininaMoore 1952
superfamilyPlatycrinitoidea(Austin and Austin 1843)
familyEutelecrinidaeFrest and Strimple 1980
genusPlesiocrinusWanner 1937

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Plesiocrinus Wanner 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available